National Conference 22-23 March 2010
This national conference over two days will explore the emerging agenda of consumer-centred health care.
It is an event not to be missed for anyone with a passion for reforming our health system so that consumers and their families are at the centre of the system – in practice as well as in rhetoric.
Speakers include
- Christine Bennett, Chair, National Health and Hospital Reform Commission
- Ian Hickie, Executive Director, Brain and Mind Institute, Sydney University
- Just Stoelwinder, Chair, Health Services Management, Monash University
- Maxine Drake, Health Consumers’ Council of WA
- Siegried Drews, Web2Care, Consumer-Directed Care Management
- Philip Davies, Health Systems and Policy, University of Qld
- Barry Welsh, Ministry of Health, New Zealand
- Enrico Coiera, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, UNSW
- Coralie Wales, President Chronic Pain Australia
- Russell McGowan, Health Care Consumers Association ACT
- Di Batterham, Westgate Health Co-operative Ltd
- Angela Mackenzie, Paediatrician, Royal Children’s Hospital Vic
- Bruce Rumbold, Palliative Care Unit, LaTrobe University
Key themes include
- Commonwealth reform initiatives: making change happen
- Organising and empowering health consumers
- Medicare Select: policy design and opt-in health plans
- Self-care and self-management in health
- Consumer-directed aged care
- Consumer-centred innovation in mental health
- Consumer-centred innovation in drug and alcohol rehabilitation
- Consumer-centred systems
- Consumer-centred funding arrangements
- Chronic illness consolidated budgets
- Capitation-based payment systems
- Health brokers, care co-ordinators, health info-mediaries
- Community engagement in health reform
- Partnerships between practitioners and consumers
Who Should Attend?
- Health consumers and self-help groups
- Carers and family support organisations
- Health providers and practitioners
- Health services and community sector organisations
- Health researchers and analysts
- Health funds
- Corporates with an interest in better health care
- Governments and policy makers
The venue is Angliss Conference Centre in Melbourne’s CBD, corner of LaTrobe and Kin Streets, close to public transport and a range of accommodation options.
Click here for the program.
Click here to register.
